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Back in February I released deeptissuejs , a HTML5, JavaScript touch gesture library. In January I release panoramajs a HTML5, JavaScript library to implement the basic Windows Phone panorama control experience. This month I am excited to release another
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It was 5 maybe 6 years ago when I first started learning jQuery. One of the first things I did was order the jQuery In Action book . If you have read that book you should remember one of the first examples given, zebra striping a table. To me this example
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Guided user input is almost always a good idea when architecting a data entry experience. You want to help the user avoid potential mistakes. With on screen, mobile keyboards you want to reduce the keystrokes required to enter data and at the same time
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Today I am announcing Deeptissue.js , a library to make life easier for developers in the modern world. The inspiration for this library is rooted in my selfish need to have something that would bridge the gap between the WebKit Touch API , Internet Explorer's
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By now you should know that I am constantly on the lookout for cool and bad features implemented by web sites all the time. Last week I was reading some posts on Christian Hielman's blog . As I passed my mouse over the navigation on the right I noticed
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I love a good cheeseburger, always have. My all time favorite was a local grease pit in my hometown of Cleburne Texas that sadly is no more. Nonetheless I have many other options, especially when I go home to Texas, like this weekend! Today I came across
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There is so much we can do with web pages that were overly complicated just a few years ago. Thanks for CSS3 Transforms we can do some really cool effects. Today I want to show how to create a vertical menu, or a menu rotated -90 degrees so instead of
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A few months ago Mark Zuckerberg made headlines all over the place when he said HTML5 wasn't there yet and announced Facebook would be going all native with their mobile applications. As someone who believes whole heartedly in the ability of HTML5 this
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A few years ago I had to painfully admit I was really lost when it came to what today I call modern web development. I decided I had to change, I had to get myself up to speed and I had to relearn things. Working with ASP.NET WebForms since Beta 1 really
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I love jQuery and like most modern web developers it was the gateway that got me into heavy AJAX development. But like all things that make life easy it comes with a cost and that cost is performance. I find myself caught between using jQuery and just
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It's hard to believe we are entering the last quarter of 2012 already and I have had a very busy year. I have been able to present in at least 7 states and a few online presentations. To finish the year I will visit at least 2 more states and the
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I find myself needing to overlay HTML elements off and on such as a photo caption on top of a photo. The technique to accomplish is very simple and does not require anything we have not has available for years. First create two markup elements. For my
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As July closes my life and professional circumstances have radically changed. I am actively pursuing development projects, preferably mobile web and HTML5. I am available to commit a full work week, except for next week as I have some personal commitments.
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I am going to be very busy over the next month doing presentations about using HTML5 for mobile and how to build Single Page Web Applications. Things start tomorrow with the aspConf followed by 3 user group presentations in August. aspConf is a free online
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If you know me you know I am a fanatic about application performance and that I am a big fan of Steve Souders and the practice of web performance optimization (WPO). In the past I have recommended both High Performance Web Sites and Even Faster Web Sites
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